55, Balboa Island ... Group senior...

55, Balboa Island ... Group senior vice president of public

affairs ... Major focus last year has been the rollout of Don Bren’s

gift of land that will protect 11,000 acres of open space on the

Irvine Ranch ... Guides the company’s communications focusing on news

media and community communications and Web site ... Also consults on

political affairs ... Once served as press secretary to Pete Wilson

when he was mayor of San Diego, to George Deukmejian when he was

governor and George Bush the senior when he was vice president ...

Got his start as reporter for UPI, then moved to Copley News Service

and Public Television and finally to San Diego Union-Tribune, where

he covered politics ... Does yoga and plays a bad but improving game

of golf ... Last year’s ranking: 12